What is Evacuation Day? The forgotten holiday that predates Thanksgiving
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Before Thanksgiving became the prominent late November holiday, much of America celebrated "Evacuation Day" – commemorating the day the last Redcoats fled New York in 1783.
That commemoration, though, combined with the gradual move toward détente with what is now the U.S.' strongest ally – Great Britain – displaced the day Americans celebrated the last of the Redcoats fleeing their land. Charles Creitz is a reporter for Fox News Digital.
Following the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia in 1776, New York City, just 99 miles to the northeast, remained a British stronghold until the end of the Revolutionary War. He joined Fox News in 2013 as a writer and production assistant.
Captured Continentals were held aboard prison ships in New York Harbor and British political activity in the West was anchored in the Big Apple, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs. Charles covers media, politics and culture for Fox News Digital.
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